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author | Richard M. Stallman <[email protected]> | 2004-10-28 06:46:47 +0000 |
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committer | Richard M. Stallman <[email protected]> | 2004-10-28 06:46:47 +0000 |
commit | 60bb490961ef32ba9f2a65488c3f2d4c25431a8b (patch) | |
tree | 587a4fdb3895da69a89093e80f609e4482fa9e46 | |
parent | 95d62d8af3fb5e24f368811afc3bc9970f6a9578 (diff) |
(Display Feature Testing): Explain about "vendor".
-rw-r--r-- | lispref/frames.texi | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lispref/frames.texi b/lispref/frames.texi index c2c488873a..736115ef11 100644 --- a/lispref/frames.texi +++ b/lispref/frames.texi @@ -1980,12 +1980,18 @@ about X displays. @defun x-server-version &optional display This function returns the list of version numbers of the X server running the display. The value is a list of three integers: the major -and minor version numbers, and the vendor-specific release number. +and minor version numbers of the X protocol, and the +distributor-specific release number of the X server software itself. @end defun @defun x-server-vendor &optional display -This function returns the ``vendor'' that provided the X server software -(as a string). +This function returns the ``vendor'' that provided the X server +software (as a string). Really this means whoever distributes the X +server. + +When the developers of X labelled software distributors as +``vendors'', they showed their false assumption that no system could +ever be developed and distributed noncommercially. @end defun @ignore |